HIGH 7.5 npm
Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite in tar
GHSA-gfjr-3jmm-4g9v · CVE-2015-8860
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Description
Versions of tar prior to 2.0.0 are affected by an arbitrary file write vulnerability. The vulnerability occurs because tar does not verify that extracted symbolic links to not resolve to targets outside of the extraction root directory.
Recommendation
Update to version 2.0.0 or later
References
- ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8860
- ADVISORY https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gfjr-3jmm-4g9v
- PACKAGE https://github.com/npm/npm
- WEB https://github.com/npm/npm/releases/tag/v2.7.5
- WEB https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/57
- WEB http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11
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